Category: Linux

slimrabbit writes “LinuxDevices is reporting on a truly silent home theater PC that comes with its own Fedora 5 based quick install Linux DVD capable of installing a fully-configured FC5 system with LIRC, KDETV, TV-Time and Kradio in about 15 …

A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday. The changeover on computers used in some 12,500 high schools in the state of Kerala is set …

The latest news & announcements about Linux based embedded applications … Keywords: Match: Sort by: Aug. 18, 2006 The XTX Consortium has released revision 1.1 of the specification for XTX, one of several alternative upgrade paths to the popular …

The latest news & announcements about Linux based embedded applications … Keywords: Match: Sort by: Aug. 18, 2006 Freescale Semiconductor has opened a 100,000-square-foot facility in Bangalore to support research and development in software for wireless technologies.
Source: www.linuxdevices.com

Lessig Seeks …

Forget the new-product hype. The biggest buzz at last week’s LinuxWorld conference was the potential of Linux in the data center.
Source: www.networkcomputing.com

Giant Retailer Chooses SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform To Run Desktops (Linux World)
Novell announced that a home furnishings …

WebProNews, KY - Aug 16, 2006I have never liked Linux "info". The reason is simple enough: I don't like Emacs, and "info" uses an emacs style interface. Pinfo …
Source: www.webpronews.com

NewsForge, CA - 14 hours agoIdaAshley writes "BusyBox is a single executable implementation of many standard Linux utilities. In this article, explore the purpose …
Source: trends.newsforge.com

Oracle Pulls More Partners into Linux Configurations Effort
Channel Insider, NY - 17 hours agoOracle is hooking more partners …

The Free Standards Group (FSG), announced that two of the widely-used applications on Linux — RealPlayer and the MySQL database — are certifying to the Linux Standard Base. For the first time, a single RealPlayer or a MySQL package will …

After a very long development process, Slackware Project Team has announced the first release candidate of Slackware Linux 11.0: “There are still a few changes yet to happen, but let’s call this Slackware 11.0 release candidate 1. ”, says Patrick …

ZDNet Blogs - Amazon’s SOA strategy: ‘just do it’ by ZDNet ’s Joe McKendrick — Werner Vogels: “Service orientation works We never could have built [Amazon’s Linux blade server] platform without service orientation.” Copy and paste this formatted text: …